Collapse Iron: I just transmigrated! You want me to save the Black Tower?!

"It should take about... one system hour. Based on the normal round-trip time, it should have already arrived at the star system where Fang Hu is located, but we have not received a response yet."

Jiang Jiu frowned slightly.

Given the company's efficiency, this time is sufficient to reach Fanghu and even complete the initial survey... Even if there are any special circumstances there, they should at least send back a confirmation message that they have arrived.

Is there nothing there?

“Contact them,” Jiang Jiu said directly, “now.”

Diamond seemed to have guessed something, and he responded with a sound of agreement. The communication channel was silent for a few seconds.

Not long after, his voice rang out again, but this time, there was a subtle unease in his tone.

"Lord Shi Jin...cannot be contacted."

"What do you mean?"

"The three reconnaissance ships sent to Fanghu have all lost contact. Communication signals have been completely cut off, and positioning signals have also disappeared, as if... they had never been there at all."

Jiang Jiu remained silent.

He looked up and met Black Tower's gaze. The latter asked directly, "Three survey ships have lost contact at the same time? I remember the company's communication system has backups. Even if one has a problem, the other two should still be able to send back messages."

"Yes, Ms. Black Tower, but all three ships have lost contact without any warning or distress signal..."

"The last time we received a message from them was a routine report before entering the star system where Fanghu was located, and after that..."

He paused.

"And then there was nothing left."

Jiang Jiu: "..."

He took a deep breath and suddenly felt a little tired.

Or should we just destroy this awful world already?

Chapter 200 Could it be that they're all dead?

He closed his eyes and pressed his temples.

My mind is a mess. I just finished clearing the Immortal Ship and got my hands on the breeding remains, and now there's another problem with Ruan Mei—all the reconnaissance ships heading to Fanghu have lost contact...

One thing after another, it just keeps happening.

"Perhaps... we shouldn't have thought about letting anyone go in the first place."

The information clearly states that Mirror Flow and the God of Abundance are not particularly active in these matters.

On the contrary, other factors kept refreshing his understanding.

He suddenly began to understand a certain genius assassin.

Geniuses with outrageous ideas should just obediently die, okay...?

He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

Now he really wants to just destroy the whole world.

Isn't there a lot of world lines?

Can't it be reset?

So, do these so-called timelines really matter?

Why bother saving these bizarre timelines...?

Just then, a slightly cold hand covered his eyes.

Black Tower whispered in his ear:

"Don't think about it."

Jiang Jiu was taken aback for a moment: "...I wasn't thinking anything."

"lie."

Hei Ta's voice was very close, his breath gently brushing against Jiang Jiu's ear, his tone carrying an air of matter-of-fact certainty.

"Let me guess...were you just thinking about just letting the world be destroyed...right?"

Jiang Jiu remained silent for a second.

How did she know?

Black Tower did not remove his hand, but gently covered his eyes.

The touch of his fingertips was slightly cool, and his well-defined fingers blocked his vision, which in turn blocked the jumbled thoughts in his mind.

"Because I've thought that way too."

She gently hugged him from behind and whispered something.

"When I see those memories, when I see you walking towards a future where you are doomed, when I see your despair."

"I've thought about it too."

Jiang Jiu paused for two seconds, then raised his hand, grasped Hei Ta's hand, and gently pulled it down.

"And what are your thoughts?"

"Whatever you want." Black Tower chuckled lightly, without the slightest hesitation. "I'll support whatever you do, no matter what it is."

Jiang Jiu paused for two seconds, then said helplessly, "...What's the difference between this and telling me, 'If you want to destroy the world, then go ahead and do it'?"

"Of course there's no difference."

"...I'm not that dramatic."

Black Tower chuckled: "Aren't you the Destruction Commander? It's certainly pretentious for someone without power to talk about destroying the world, but don't you have any power?"

Jiang Jiu: "..."

He actually did think about it for a moment.

"If...destroying the entire world counts as escaping the end times?"

Black Tower frowned and replied seriously, "I think it should be considered as pushing towards another end."

"...Alright then."

Diamond listened with trepidation on the other end of the communication.

For a moment, I didn't know whether to continue listening or secretly hang up.

What do you mean by "destroying the entire world counts as escaping the end times"? What do you mean by "maybe we should just destroy the world instead..."?

Will I be silenced if I continue listening? Will I be discovered if I hang up?

While he was having an internal struggle, he suddenly heard Black Tower's voice coming from the communicator.

"diamond."

"Yes...yes!" he replied reflexively.

"Oh, you're still here?"

"...always."

Black Tower chuckled lightly: "How much did you hear?"

diamond:"......"

There was a sense of unease.

"Not much, just... just the last few sentences...?"

"Don't worry, it doesn't matter how much you hear, there's nothing you can do to stop it anyway," Black Tower said in a flat tone, his tone devoid of emotion. "Go do your work, and report back to Fang Hu as soon as there's any new information."

Black Tower spoke arrogantly.

Arrogantly, he didn't notice that the other party seemed to be a guardian.

Diamond was silent for two seconds, wanting to get angry, but then swallowed it back.

If we take a step further, Black Tower is a genius; if we take a step back, Jiang Jiu is by her side.

Garlic...

"Okay, should we send someone to check it out?"

"No need," Jiang Jiu said. "I'll go and see for myself."

After saying that, Jiang Jiu hung up the call and turned to leave.

Hei Ta grabbed his hand.

"Go now?"

"Yes." Jiang Jiu nodded. "The longer it drags on, the more variables there will be."

Hei Ta looked at him, remained silent for two seconds, and nodded in response. Instead of letting go, he gripped his hand even tighter.

"I'll go with you."

Jiang Jiu tilted her head slightly: "...Hmm? Are you going too?"

"Is that not possible?" After checking the location of Fanghu and confirming the coordinates, Heita looked up at Jiang Jiu. "I am also a Commander. In some ways, you need my help, don't you?"

Jiang Jiu paused for two seconds, wanting to say something, but Black Tower anticipated it first.

"Don't talk about danger or anything like that. We all know there's danger, but so what? Does danger mean you won't go? Or do you think I'll hold you back?"

Jiang Jiu sighed helplessly: "Alright, alright, Lady Black Tower is unparalleled in the world~, let's go then."

Because of the lessons learned from their previous experience at the company, Heita and Jiang Jiu didn't plan to look for any kind of transportation like spaceships.

After Black Tower located Fanghu's coordinates, it immediately activated a small warp drive and positioned itself on the nearest planet.

Ordinary people might be easily torn apart by the power within, but coincidentally, both of them are Commanders.

......

The Fanghu Immortal Boat was almost hovering, its entire hull still moving at an extremely slow speed, but the movement was negligible.

From a distance, it appears to be completely intact.